Judges 14:12-13

14:12 Samson said to them, “I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, ¹  I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets ²  of clothes. 14:13 But if you cannot solve it, ³  you will give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.” They said to him, “Let us hear your riddle.” ⁴ 

Judges 14:19

14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes ⁵  and gave them ⁶  to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. ⁷ 

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¹ tn Heb “If you really can tell it to me [during] the seven days of the feast and you find [its answer].”

² tn Heb “changes.”

³ tn Heb “you are unable to tell me.”

⁴ tn Heb “Give your riddle so we can hear it.”

⁵ tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”

⁶ tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”

⁷ tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”